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MANY ANSWERS
What new technological breakthrough would benefit your operations?
A deicing system for light twin helicopters with a useful weight penalty and price. It would be a revolution for HAA in parts of the world where icing is an issue.
Erik Normann Drøbak, Norway
Inexpensive radar altimeters for helicopters. Existing and certified RA technology is well over 10 years old and at least $25,000 per helicopter installed. With all the recent developments in the drone and autonomous vehicle sectors, the cost of reliable sensing that could be used for helicopter altitude sensing has plummeted to where an installed cost could be less than 1 price per helicopter: $2,500.
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Wesley Verkaart Plymouth, MA, USA
Synthetic vision inspection of aircraft.
Joel Collins Maui, HI, USA
LED induced-voltage powered marker lights on electrical distribution power lines crossing any major highways that might be routinely used as landing zones for HAA operations.
Plug ’n fly electronic ignition for piston engines (We’re still using magnetos? C’mon man!)
Dave Hynes Hampton Roads, VA, USA
Rick Bartlett Cumberland, MD, USA
Why isn’t there a laser rangefinder that would keep you aware of obstacles? Cars have them.
James Maxxwell Jacksonville, FL, USA
Many single-engine helicopters possess avionics capable of supporting IFR flight. The FAA’s support for single-engine IFR certification would reduce the number of fatal accidents, especially due to controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
Chris Baur Kingwood, TX, USA
which should blend in very well with the breadth of industry knowledge of our other directors. The HAI Board of Directors com- prises some of the best and brightest peo- ple our industry has to offer, and our membership and association truly benefit from their guidance.”
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HAI members also reelected current directors Stacy Sheard and Marc Stanley. Their three-year terms of office begin on July 1, 2019. Retaining her commercial avi- ation seat, Sheard is a military veteran who currently flies helicopters for Executive Jet
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Management in Delaware. Stanley, also a veteran, flies for MassMutual Financial Group in Massachusetts. He retains his general aviation seat.
HAI also announced that the board has
established its slate of officers for the 2019–20 term. Jan Becker, the current trea- surer, will assume the role of board chair on July 1, 2019. Assistant treasurer Sheard will become vice chair, and directors Daniel Schwarzbach and James Wisecup will assume the roles of treasurer and assistant treasurer, respectively.
HAI BRIEFS
HeliFutures: Next Steps in Workforce Development
HELICOPTER FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL (HFI) hosted the second meeting of HeliFutures at HAI HELI-EXPO 2019. The group brings together stake- holders from across the helicopter industry, including operators and maintenance and flight schools, to discuss initiatives for attracting, training, and developing the
Remote gauge iPad app for external load operations.
Jonathan Gunn Camarillo, CA, USA
of that
My operation could really use a patient litter for an R66.
Mark Spangler Glendale, AZ, USA
Affordable eye-movement tracking devices for seeing what students are doing in their scan patterns.
Candise Tu Carlsbad, CA, USA
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